This is a Hartford Arms 22 pistol and it was the predecessor to the High Standard line which was very successful for many years. Although it look like a semi-automatic in fact it's a single shot. There was a semi-automatic version also produced that sold in greater numbers. These were only produced in very limited numbers(400?) and the Serial Number on my example is 65! If anyone want's to see it first hand I'll have it at the next Crossroad Show in Phoenix in September.
Jim

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Very interesting. It appears to have a mag release button where you would normally find one on those with magazine. Is that just a cross=bolt safety behind the trigger? Thanks for sharing.

Fascinating! I would have thought it was a mag-fed pistol before looking at the bottom of the grip!

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What appears to be a mag release button is actually the safety. BTW: This pistol is decidedly weird to cock and I had to look up how to do it.
Jim

That's very awesome, I didn't even know these things existed. Thanks for sharing

I've never owned one but have always been interested in the
Hartford, Finala, and Reising 22 pistols. Little known and scarce.
Examples that I have run into are either beat and abused or have
a price that will make your head spin.

There was actually a third strange variation. That is a magazine fed single shot in which the action has to be manually cycled after each shot, similar to yours.

Bob

One of my frequented LGSs has one of these for sale, wants $280 for it. It has been the single-shot action that has allowed me to resist the temptation of buying it, though it does have a letter of some sort explaining its origin. Up until the first time I saw it, I had never heard of the Hartford Arms Company, nor did I realize that the early High Standards were single shots as well. If I recall, somewhere I had read that this gun get some of its lineage from Colt's pre-woodsman pistols, but I could be wrong. I do know that it is the foundation for the High Standard Model B however. Really neat gun, and a nice collectible.


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If it is in decent shape IMO grab it. I have never run across one for sale for much less than $500. Keep in mind there were only 400 of this model made in total. If you get it please let us know what the serial # is. It's located on the front of the grip strap.
Jim

Here's my little herd of Hartfords.... (There is a High Standard Model B in there that actually shipped before one of the Hartfords....)
(The Single Shot is serial 309)



Also, here is a snapshot of a recent acquisition.. A Fiala Model 1920 Repeater. (I will have to get them all posed together along with the Pre-Woodsman they seem to be modeled after....)



The Fiala repeater pre-dates the Hartfords by several years and, as far as I can trace its history is the only "repeater" made and is often confused with the Hartfords due to the similarities in appearance. (To my knowledge Hartford never made a repeater.) There were also a couple of other companies from this time period that sold similar .22s, but I don't know if they actually manufactured them of just branded them.

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Can do, may look into negotiating a deal for it sometime this week



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A few more members of the family. My understanding is that the Fiala came first, followed by Columbia and Schall. Those two were made concurrently with the Hartford, which evolved into High standard.
Left to right, Fiala magazine singleshot, Schall magazine singleshot, Hartford singleshot and High Standard B.

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